8-K 1 file001.htm FORM 8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 11, 2005


L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
L-3 Communications Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrants as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-14141
333-46983
13-3937434
13-3937436
(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
600 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10016
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 697-1111
(Registrants' Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

The Board of Directors elected Peter Cohen as a director, effective October 11, 2005. Mr. Cohen joins the Board of Directors as a Class III director and a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, to serve until the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Cohen and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Cohen was selected as a director. There are no transactions involving Mr. Cohen that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety is the press release issued by the Company on October 12, 2005 announcing the election of Mr. Cohen.

Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)  Exhibits.

Exhibit
Number
Description
99.1 Press Release of the Company dated October 12, 2005



SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Christopher C. Cambria        
Name:   Christopher C. Cambria
Title:     Senior Vice President, Secretary and
             General Counsel

Dated: October 14, 2005




L-3 COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, INC.
L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.  Description
99.1  Press release announcing the election of Peter A. Cohen as a director.